Is it safe to exercise and lift heavy things for people with pelvic organ prolapse symptoms? Or put more bluntly, will lifting heavy weights make your lady bits fall out? Is lifting weight asking...
These questions arise very frequently in rehabilitation. Should it hurt? Is it OK if it hurts? Will I set myself back if it hurts? Will I get better if it doesn’t hurt? In this...
A recent Cochrane review looked at studies of people with rotator cuff tears comparing those who had surgery with those who did not. What do you think they found? Did surgery provide benefit? Is...
This episode covers a recent paper that compares a popular and trending approach, Cognitive Functional Therapy, against a group treatment and exercise intervention. The primary outcomes were pain and disability. The results may surprise...
In the last episode (42) a systematic review was discussed regarding the value of pre-operative measures in predicting pain post-operatively. In this episode, Dr. Henrik Vaegter, an author of that review joins us to...
In this episode Sandy and Cory discuss a systematic review which investigated what pre operative pain tells us about a person’s propensity for post operative pain. Is it predictive? If so, would changing it...
This study looked at pain score associations between people with “typical” and “atypical” bedtimes. Sandy and Cory discuss the topic of sleep and pain broadly as well. So, perk up and see if you...
In this month’s episode we are examining more of a general health question. But it is one that is very relevant to people in pain. Much has been made of “Sitting is the new...
Direct Download This paper, with results that many find very surprising, has started a bit of a buzz in the PT world. What do we make of the results? Can we trust the results?...
Direct Download Research on chronic pain tends to aim at identifying factors that are in deficit, or are the so called “risk factors” for those who develops chronic pain. In this episode, we discuss...
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